Innovation and the problem of measuring effects in large scale professional development projects
Résumé
This paper concerns the relation between the research fields of implementation research (IR) and professional development (PD). Our main interest is in the concept of innovation and measurement of effects in large scale development projects. The case for our discussion is the Swedish large-scale development project Boost for Mathematics (BM). A project designed according to theories from PD research. Our tentative conclusion, in an IR perspective, is that it is difficult to replicate the BM project. This despite the fact there are six studies that measure the effects of the project. We argue that replication requires better knowledge about the innovations as possible causes of effects. We suggest further research in this direction.
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